METHOD OF DISPLAYING TRAFFIC CONGESTION ESTIMATION

• US 20130103294A1
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Koshizen, Takamasa
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/118
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/00 Traffic control systems for road vehicles arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 ; automatic vehicle control B62D
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of displaying traffic congestion estimation including a step of detecting a transition state that exists when transitioning from a free flow in which a possibility (probability of occurrence) of an occurrence of traffic congestion is lower than a first set value, to a mixed flow in which states of braking and accelerating the vehicle are mixed as the state of the flow of traffic, and a step of displaying the possibility (probability of occurrence) of transition from the free flow to the mixed flow in a continuous and visual manner on the basis of the detection result of the transition state.

Claims

1. A method of displaying traffic congestion estimation comprising:

a step of detecting a transition state that is present when changing from a free flow in which a probability of an occurrence of traffic congestion is lower than a first predetermined value, to a mixed flow in which states of braking and accelerating the vehicle are mixed as the state of the flow of traffic; and

a step of displaying the probability of the occurrence of changing from the free flow to the mixed flow in a continuous and visual manner on the basis of the detection result of the transition state.

2. The method of displaying traffic congestion estimation according to claim 1,

wherein the probability of occurrence is equal to or more than a second predetermined value in the transition state.

3. The method of displaying traffic congestion estimation according to claim 1,

wherein the probability of occurrence is equal to or more than the first predetermined value and equal to or less than the second predetermined value in the transition state.

4. The method of displaying traffic congestion estimation according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication step of transmitting the probability of occurrence to another vehicle by communication on the basis of the detection result of the transition state.

5. The method of displaying traffic congestion estimation according to claim 1, further comprising:

a path search step and a path guide step in which the host vehicle avoids traffic congestion on the basis of the detection result of the transition state.